Patrick Brown (photographer)

Patrick Brown (born Jan 23, 1969) is an Australian photojournalist and war photographer, based in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] He is the recipient of a 2018 World Press Photo award in the category "General news, singles"[2][3] and the Australian Kodak Photographer of the Year award.[4][5]

He is the author of Trading to Extinction,[6] a book that took ten years to complete and documents illegal animal trading throughout Asia.[7]

Life and work

Brown was born in Sheffield, England,[5] but spent his childhood in the Middle East and Africa before his family finally settled in Perth, Western Australia.

World Press Award

Brown was awarded a World Press Photo award in the category "General news, singles" in 2018 for his work documenting the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.[3] The photograph showed the bodies of Rohingya refugees laid out after the boat in which they were attempting to flee Myanmar capsized.[8] The work was commissioned by Panos Pictures, for UNICEF.

References

  1. ↑ "Patrick Brown". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  2. ↑ "World Press Photo Contest 2018 – the winning pictures". The Guardian. 2018-04-13. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  3. 1 2 "Patrick Brown".
  4. ↑ "Biographies". Life Force Magazine. Life Force Magazine. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Patrick Brown". The Straits Times. 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  6. ↑ "Patrick Brown's "Trading to Extinction" Project". 11 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Coomes, Phil (11 February 2014). "Trading to extinction" – via www.bbc.com.
  8. ↑ "Rohingya Crisis". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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